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The information contained in this section applies to IBM WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.9 and Feautre Pack 8. The documentation also applies to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions.
Installing
Review this section for information about installing the WebSphere Commerce product, associated maintenance, and WebSphere Commerce enhancements.
Deploying WebSphere Commerce virtual system patterns or virtual application patterns
WebSphere Commerce provides virtual system patterns and virtual application patterns that you can use to deploy a virtual WebSphere Commerce environment. You can use the patterns with IBM PureApplication System V2.1.0, IBM PureApplication Software V2.1.0, or the IBM PureApplication Service V2.1.0.
Deploying production virtual environments
IBM WebSphere Commerce Patterns V2.1.0.1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux provide virtualization of a multitier environment for production purposes. Deploy these virtual system patterns with IBM PureApplication Software V2.1.0, IBM PureApplication System V2.1.0, or IBM PureApplication Service V2.1.0 to get a 64-bit virtual machine with WebSphere Commerce Enterprise Version 7, Feature Pack 8, and Fix Pack 9 installed and enabled on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. After deployment, use the Virtualization WebSphere Commerce environment for production purposes, as if you installed and configured WebSphere Commerce in a native environment. If you have customizations in a WebSphere Commerce Build and Deployment tool server deployment package, you can deploy them along with the newly created virtual system. The virtual system instance has the latest fix pack, feature pack, and interim fixes applied. If you want to apply any newer fix pack, or interim fixes in the future, you can deploy them to the virtual system instance in the workload console.
Overview of the deployed WebSphere Commerce environment
Review the following information about the WebSphere Commerce system that you deployed.
Semi-automated search index replication
The production pattern implements a unique approach to search index replication that relies on file synchronization utilities and shared file systems.

WebSphere Commerce Enterprise

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Feature Pack 8

WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.9

Semi-automated search index replication

The production pattern implements a unique approach to search index replication that relies on file synchronization utilities and shared file systems.

The search index replication is handled in a manner very similar to the IBM HTTP Server file synchronization described in Synchronization of files to the Commerce IHS web server.

The search index is built on the primary WebSphere Commerce and Search node, which is on the Standalone part of the virtual system pattern. The file system that contains the index is shared with other nodes in the deployment by way of an NFS export. The search nodes in the pattern are subordinate nodes. They mount the NFS share to a local path under /mnt.

The following script is registered to run at startup: /opt/IBM/VSP/Commerce/CreateNodeSearch/mountDirSolr.sh. The script runs a scheduled job that uses rsync to pull changed index files from the master search node to the local subordinate node. The scheduled job sleeps for 6000 seconds between runs.